Example sentences of "[noun] as a [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The discussion of the gentile constitution and of the confederacy are however , intended by Marx and Engels as a preliminary to their theory of the origin of the State , and for this again they made much use of Morgan 's work . |
| 2 | Although the reality was , and always had been , very different the intention was to design and teach courses of study as a preliminary to an even more specialized university undergraduate course . |
| 3 | The ILP leadership continued to regard co-operation with the Communists as a preliminary to the extension of the United Front to the rest of the labour and trade-union movement . |
| 4 | The talks were seen to have opened up the possibility of a June meeting between the UNRG , political parties , church groups , employers and popular movements as a preliminary to possible direct talks between the government , the armed forces and the guerrillas . |
| 5 | " Restaurant licence " which authorises the supply of alcoholic liquor to persons taking table meals for consumption as an ancillary to the meal in premises which are adapted for habitually providing meals to persons who frequent them , are principally used for providing main meals at mid-day and in the evening , and do not contain a bar counter . |
| 6 | Thus the medium of the telephone as an ancillary to selling is invaluable . |
| 7 | a Head of Department questionnaire concerning departmental matters as a preliminary to a series of meetings between members of the Senior Management Team and the Head of Department ; |
| 8 | From all this information the team drew up a matrix of crafts , materials and local resources , analysed technologies applied locally and attempted to order skills development in level of difficulty and in relation to social custom as a preliminary to curriculum design . |
| 9 | This happened in the days before Juvenile Courts and it must have been a terrifying experience to be taken into the Court as a seven-year-old to be tried . |
| 10 | Presumably the washed-up film hoofer and the prima ballerina are thinking about each other as a preliminary to working together , falling in love and starting a bright new phase of their respective careers together ; and no doubt their movements ‘ unconsciously ’ fall into a complementary rhythm as they dance to the same music . |
| 11 | It is possible that this difference of opinion was pre-arranged and intended simply to minimize the extent of the cooperation between Richard and Philip as a preliminary to the new proposal which the King of France now made and which clearly had been worked out between them . |
| 12 | The importance of situational analysis as a preliminary to curriculum design has been recognised , investment has been made and important questions are being asked . |
| 13 | ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 14 | ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 15 | ( ii ) [ repealed 1981 c. 23 , Sched. 4. ] ( 2 ) While this section applies to any premises , the effect shall be that for the purposes mentioned in subsection ( 3 ) below there shall be permitted hours in those premises on Sundays , such permitted hours being the period between half-past twelve and half-past two in the afternoon and the period between half-past six and eleven in the evening ( 3 ) The purposes referred to in subsection ( 2 ) above are : ( a ) the sale or supply to persons taking table meals in the premises of alcoholic liquor supplied in a part of the premises usually set apart for the service of such persons , and supplied for consumption by such a person in that part of the premises as an ancillary to his meal ; and ( b ) the consumption of alcoholic liquor so supplied . |
| 16 | United States Secretary of State James Baker indicated on Oct. 23 that the USA was prepared to begin bilateral discussions with Vietnam as a preliminary to the normalization of relations . |
| 17 | The Rome commission on Nagorny Karabakh , set up under the March 1992 decision of the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) [ see p. 38828 ] , met during June as a preliminary to an intended peace conference in Minsk , but the Minsk conference itself failed to convene . |